A VANISHING ISLE
BACK ONCE MORE Tomahawk Island in the Columbia River, near Vancouver, Wash., w«i , disappeared after having been c *’ ar the and named by Lewis and Clark, * explorers, but which reappeared m cent years, has been accorded the ai*‘ nity of its old name and returned to position on the official map of United States. This was done 50 girls of a Portland private scn . , wrote to the United States Geograp Board about it. . hv The island later was submerged ?- the river current. Following ‘ building of the interstate bridge Vancouver some years ago the i£l a reappeared.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 53, 25 May 1927, Page 10
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99A VANISHING ISLE Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 53, 25 May 1927, Page 10
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